Musical Border Crossing

[Dan MacDonald]

As I mentioned this incident to my wife this morning she pointed out that 
the US border service isn't always so diligent.  A few years ago they 
stopped a guy who had a bloody axe and knife in his backpack....and let him 
through.  He had just killed an elderly couple in New Brunswick, and killed 
someone in the US before he was caught.

And Mairi was armed with what?  A fiddle?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Jaques" <vexari at yahoo.ca>
To: <cbmusic at locals.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Musical Border Crossing


>
> Mounties don't handle immigration and border stuff in Canada.  At big 
> crossings they are sometimes there for security, drug matters, etc. but as 
> in the US the harassment of hapless travelers is left to specialized 
> agencies.   In addition,  the RCMP are often slaves to political 
> correctness and preposterous policies to an absurd degree, and the biggest 
> problem is actually to get them to act on anything.  However,  I've never 
> found them rude.
>
> I have to say that the people at the US border are probably the most 
> off-handedly obnoxious civil servants I've encountered anywhere.  I have 
> come to believe that only persons terribly unhappy with themselves and 
> their place in the cosmos, can be considered for that job. But yes, anyone 
> crossing the border is well advised to have all paperwork in order.  Even 
> then, some extremely ill-tempered or stupid individuals can cause 
> problems.   I guess that's the same for every aspect of life.
>
>
> Timothy Jaques
> Dalhousie, NB
> "We live in a free country where people have as much right to express 
> outrageous and ridiculous opinions as moderate ones."   Mr. Justice Ian 
> Binnie, WIC Radio Ltd. v. Simpson, 2008 SCC 40.
>
>
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